Saar – ASCENT GROWTH PARTNERS

CFFO forms Strategic Partnership with Ascent Growth Partners

Business ecosystems have become a source of value creation and innovation, across industries, and no more is this evident than in emerging markets, where traditional industry verticals and legacy organizational structures are leapfrogged by nimble players. In Africa, the current population of 1.4 billion, is projected to double over the next 30 years. With rapid …

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Our book picks for 2021

Team / By Saar

In our book picks for this year, we honour those who helped us shift – our mindset, our thinking and our actions, in this extraordinary time in human history, and the many people who participated in bringing these contributions to life, for us to enjoy and learn from. This year, we include not only newly …

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Discussing the Role of Innovation When Pivoting Companies in Challenged Industries

Capabilities, Industry / By Saar

We’re honoured to be part of this distinguished panel and share from our experience at Ascent Growth Partners Pte. Limited of these transitions. Such a relevant time for us to have this important conversation. “In conjunction with the Yale SOM Alumni Relations office, the Yale SOM Spain Chapter has organized an event with a distinguished panel of …

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VERTICAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND HOW SHIFTING MINDSETS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THRIVING IN THIS NEW NORMAL

Capabilities, Team / By Saar

For many leadership teams, the crisis has precipitated significant uncertainty, stress & complexity to tackle. However, we can view this as not merely a challenge but rather an opportunity to transform. It is an opportunity to develop a clear and compelling case for a future, in which our organisations thrive, even if it means we …

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Hidden Growth Champions: In conversation with Adrian Saville

Capabilities, Team / By Saar

Today Adrian Saville, Professor of Economics at the GIBS Business School, joins Hidden Growth Champions host Saar to talk about how the world’s best businesses produce win-win outcomes with their stakeholders, one such outcome (among many) being sustained profitability. In fact, measured over a ten year period, the evidence is compelling. These innovative organisations outperform …

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Our book picks for 2020

Team / By Saar

In our book picks of this year, we honour those who provided us a perspective into an extraordinary moment in human history, and the many people who, despite great challenges, contributed, edited and helped publish these written works, for us to enjoy and learn from. The year 2020 brought us back from a flood of …

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Portfolio Management during the Transition – How a Fossil Fuels company is re-inventing itself to power a clean world

Capabilities / By Saar

The situation Our client, a listed Natural Resources & Energy group, is in the midst of transition. The Energy Transition, dubbed by global Oil & Gas expert Daniel Yergin as the most profound change taking place in the industry over the past one hundred years, is presenting both significant, in some cases existential, challenges to …

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Introducing… Hidden Growth Champions The Podcast

Podcast / By Saar

Welcome to Hidden Growth Champions – real innovators, real conversations, real lessons about growth in the midst of uncertainty. We explore why growth truly matters, as we learn to navigate new and unfamiliar terrains, what forms it can take in innovative organisations (e.g. new markets, acceleration, closing the innovation gap or transformation and renewal), and …

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Learn about Dark Fibre’s mission to connect all of south africa

Awards / By Saar

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), South-Africa’s leading independent provider of open access, has recognised our team, as they celebrate their success, as a leader in open access and connectivity, in an exclusive Business Focus publication. We were delighted to receive this recognition as a team. Learn about the work that Dark Fibre are carrying out to …

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Anticipating the opportunity, in the midst of transition

Capabilities / By Saar

Ascent Growth Partners and Prescient are working together to develop and implement innovative strategy processes, helping organisations thrive in today’s uncertain environments. The transition to a more sustainable and clean energy mix is accelerating. Driven by shifts in energy demand, technological advances and the growing impact of climate change, the way we power our world …

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